Will You Vote?
Voting is one of the many privileges that I have as an American citizen. It’s a privilege that most Americans...
2013-09-23
560 reads
SQL Swimmer
Saving Grace
According to Merriam-Webster the definition of grace is:
1a : unmerited divine assistance given humans for their regeneration or sanctification; b : a...
2013-05-30
1,232 reads
Certifiable?
I have recently begun to contemplate pursuing the MCSA Certification. I have been working with SQL Server for almost 20...
2013-05-17
608 reads
The Long and Winding Road
“The Long and Winding Road” is one of my favorite Beatles songs, it reminds me of my dad, he was...
2013-05-14
562 reads
Custom Reports for SSMS 2012
I presented on this topic at the TriadSQL User’s Group meeting on 3/26/13. I promised I would post my code/solutions,...
2013-03-29
2,145 reads
Summit 2012 is over, but not forgotten
What a whirlwind last week was. There were so many sessions to attend and only one of me. I needed...
2012-11-12
724 reads
Policy-Based Management, How Sweet It Is
I have just recently changed employers and in doing so, I’ve changed my role from Data Architect to DBA/BI Developer. ...
2012-10-24
1,909 reads
PASS Election Season
Did you know that it’s election season for PASS? Did you know that you can pose questions to the potential...
2012-08-27
603 reads
Mentoring
I’m putting my money where my mouth is, with respect to my last blog post. I am officially a mentor...
2012-08-24
633 reads
Paying it Forward
My company has recently put forth an effort to hire fresh college graduates and interns. I think this is a...
2012-08-24 (first published: 2012-08-22)
1,723 reads
Blogs
How to find free space in Azure PosgreSQL
I wanted to figure out how big (or approximately how big) my dump file...
T-SQL Tuesday #180: Good enough is perfect Roundup
This month, I prompted bloggers to discuss whether good enough is perfect. Thank you to all...
Using SQL Compare with Read-only Access
By Steve Jones
Recently a customer asked if SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare can be used...
Forums
Compare rows within the same table
I have a table. Structure in script below. I have to compare and see...
Microsoft Recommendations for Update Stats?
I have an application team that is insisting on daily (and for some, weekly)...
how can i tell if our db2 driver is ms or ibm or other?
i see this in the definition of a linked server on our wh sql...
Question of the Day
A Strange Result
What does this code return in SSMS 20 from SQL Server 2019?
select '|' + CHAR(0)+'abc' + '|';See possible answers